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Les Christidis

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1 A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens. Proc Biol Sci 2002 2.63
2 Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008 1.18
3 Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2002 1.06
4 Phylogeny and evolution of the Australo-Papuan honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2004 1.02
5 A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009 0.88
6 A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011 0.88
7 Phylogenetic relationships of tyrant-flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae), with an emphasis on the elaeniine assemblage. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007 0.85
8 Speciation dynamics in the Australo-Papuan Meliphaga honeyeaters. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2006 0.85
9 Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala). Proc Biol Sci 2014 0.84
10 Multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset reveal extensive non-monophyly in the avian family Locustellidae. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011 0.84
11 An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise. BMC Evol Biol 2009 0.83
12 Molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of the genus Petaurus (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in Australia and New Guinea. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009 0.81
13 Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013 0.81
14 Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds. Biol Lett 2008 0.78
15 Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground-doves. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011 0.78
16 Habitat shifts in the evolutionary history of a Neotropical flycatcher lineage from forest and open landscapes. BMC Evol Biol 2008 0.78
17 DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be a better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008 0.77
18 Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae). Zootaxa 2017 0.76
19 The timing of neotropical speciation dynamics: a reconstruction of Myiopagis flycatcher diversification using phylogenetic and paleogeographic data. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009 0.76
20 Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae). Oecologia 2006 0.75
21 Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the <i>Collocalia</i> <i>esculenta</i> complex. Zootaxa 2017 0.75